BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 1000
By: Darby
Redistricting
Committee Report
(Unamended)
H.B. 1000
By: Darby
Redistricting
Committee Report
(Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Article III, Section 28 of the
Texas Constitution requires the legislature to apportion state senate and
house districts at its first regular session following the publication of the
U.S. decennial census. However, the publication of the 2020 census data was
delayed until after the 2021 regular legislative session. During the 87th
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, lawmakers adopted district maps for the Texas
Senate and House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, and the State Board of
Education, but the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, is the first regular
session following the publication of the 2020 federal census. H.B. 1000 seeks
to ensure that the legislature fulfills its constitutional duty of
apportionment by ratifying the Texas House of Representatives district maps
passed in 2021.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion
that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the
punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or
change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or
mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion
that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority
to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1000 ratifies and adopts
the districts established by Chapter 1 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 87th
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, and identified as PLANH2316 in the Texas
Legislature’s redistricting system as the districts used to elect members of
the Texas House of Representatives. The bill establishes that its purpose is
to ensure that the legislature has fulfilled its constitutional duty to
apportion the state into representative districts at its first regular
session after the publication of the 2020 federal census.
H.B. 1000 specifies that the
districts apply to the election of the members of the Texas House of
Representatives beginning with the primary and general elections in 2024 for
members of the 89th Legislature and that the bill does not affect the
membership or districts of the Texas House of Representatives of the 88th
Legislature.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill
does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Article III, Section 28 of the
Texas Constitution requires the legislature to apportion state senate and
house districts at its first regular session following the publication of the
U.S. decennial census. However, the publication of the 2020 census data was
delayed until after the 2021 regular legislative session. During the 87th
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, lawmakers adopted district maps for the Texas
Senate and House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, and the State Board of
Education, but the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, is the first regular
session following the publication of the 2020 federal census. H.B. 1000 seeks
to ensure that the legislature fulfills its constitutional duty of
apportionment by ratifying the Texas House of Representatives district maps
passed in 2021.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion
that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the
punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or
change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or
mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion
that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority
to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1000 ratifies and adopts
the districts established by Chapter 1 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 87th
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, and identified as PLANH2316 in the Texas
Legislature’s redistricting system as the districts used to elect members of
the Texas House of Representatives. The bill establishes that its purpose is
to ensure that the legislature has fulfilled its constitutional duty to
apportion the state into representative districts at its first regular
session after the publication of the 2020 federal census.
H.B. 1000 specifies that the
districts apply to the election of the members of the Texas House of
Representatives beginning with the primary and general elections in 2024 for
members of the 89th Legislature and that the bill does not affect the
membership or districts of the Texas House of Representatives of the 88th
Legislature.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill
does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2023.